Hose-supporter.



. Patented Nov. ll, |902. A. H. (JOHN. HOSE SUPPOBTEH.

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No. 7|3,206. 4PatentedNov. Il, |902.

A. H.'COHN. HOSE .suPPoBTErL (Application filed June 30, 1902.)

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ADOLPH II. COIAIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

SHBCEEIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,206, dated November 11, 1902.

Application filed June 30, 1902. Seri-al No. 113,720. {No model.)

T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH H. COHN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, borough of Manhattan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a description.

My invention consists of certain novel parts and combinations of parts specifically pointed out in the claims concluding this specification.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention applied in forms which are at present preferred by me; but it will be understood that various modications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention and without exceeding the scope of my claims.

The following isa description of the hose- Supporter shown in the annexed drawings, in which similar reference-numerals in the various figures are applied to the same or corresponding parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is adetail, on an enlarged scale, of a part of the supporter. Fig. 3 is a top View of the structure shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of another form of supporter, a portion of the corsetY to which it is attached being shown. Fig. 5 is a crosssection through the line 5 5, Fig. 4.

Referringr to Fig. l, 2 is a band adapted to pass around the waist of the wearer, constituting, with the band 3, a complete belt. From the band 3 depend two side pads 4and 5 and two front pads 6 and 7. From the side pads 4 and 5 depend the tapes or elastics 8 and 9, provided at their lower ends with devices for attachment to the stocking. From the front pads 6 and 7 depend the tapes or elastics 10 11 12 13, to the lower ends of which are attached devices for attachment to the stocking. The tapes 10 and 13 are provided near their upper ends with rings 14 and 15 and clasps 16 and 17 for lengthening or shortening the tapes. Similar clasps 13 and 19 are attached to the lower ends of the tapes -l1 and 12, and below them are rings 2O and 21.

22 and 23 are metal fasteners attached, respectively, to the upper portions 'of the pads 6 and 7. These metal fasteners are shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3. The fastener 22 is adapted to engage with the eye of a corsetclasp, and the fastener 23 is adapted to engage with the stud of a corset-clasp. Both these fasteners are provided with plates eX- tending behind the corset-steel and with apertures in front to permit them to be passed over and when in position to be supported by the elements of the corset-clasp.

24 24 are stud-and-socket fasteners of ordinary construction, such as are commonly employed on mens gloves, as illustrated in detail in Fig. 5, in which a resilient metal stud 25 enters and engages with a metal socket 24% This construction is further illustrated in Fig. 4, where the lower end of the pad 7 is turned back, so as to disclose the stud and the socket.

Referring to Fig. 4, in which is shown a portion of a corset 26, to which the fasteners 22 and 23 are attached, the hose-supporter shown in this ligure differs from that shown in Fig-1 in that the belt 2 is provided at both ends with buckles for attachment to the pads 6 and 7 and in that the tapes or elastics which depend from these pads are single (2S, 29) and branch at their lower ends into tapes 30, 31, 32, and 33. It also differs from the supporter shown in Fig. 1 in that the side pads 4 and 5 are omitted and the rear portion 2 of the belt is made correspondingly longer.

Some of the hose-supporters of the belt type heretofore made and used are objectionable in that the supporters are not attached to the corsets when the latter are removed from the body of the wearer and when in use are liable to slip or be misplaced and do not directly pull down the front of the corset in vertical lines. On the other hand, hose-supporters attached only to the front of the corset do not draw in, as is desirable, the waist-line at the rear of the corset and when provided with separate means of attachment to the corset and with separate pads do not remainV stationary with reference to each other or positively press the corset in at the front. It is my aim to obviate all theseobjections by my improved supporter, which while bearing on and pressing forward the rear portion of the corset at the waist-line also holds the'corset down in front and is prevented from side movement or displacement. The separate front pads, although attached to separate points of sup ICO port, are attached together in use, forming a smooth unbroken surface in front with no relative movement between the said pads.

The hose-supporter described and illustrated is removed by unbuttoning theclasps 24 24. The corsets may then be unclasped; but the fasteners 22 and 23 remain in engagement with the elements of the clasp and are not removed from the corset.

All the various details and features described and illustrated are not essential to my invention considered in its broader aspects. This will be indicatedin the claims, in which the omission of any of the features or elements described is intended to be a formal declaration of the fact that said features are not essential to the invention thereby covered.

Having thus described my invention in the forms which I at present prefer to embody it, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ism

l. A hose-supporter comprisinga plurality of pads adapted to be attached one to the eye and the other to the stud of a corset in front, and provided with means fordetachably fastening said pads together.

2. A hose-supporter comprising a plurality of pads adapted to be attached to the opposite sides ofa corset in front, a band attached to said pads adapted to encircle the waist, and hose-supporting tapes depending from said pads.

3. A hose-supporter comprising a plurality of pads adapted to be attached to the opposite sides of a corset in front and provided with means for fastening said pads together, aband attached to said pads adapted to encircle the waist, and hose-supporting tapes depending from said pads.

4. A hose-supporter comprising a plurality of pads adapted to be attached to the opposite sides of a corset in front, one of said pads being provided with means for attachment to the eye and the other with means for attachment to the stud of the corset, a band attached to said pads adapted to encircle the waist, and hose-supporting tapes depending from said pads.

5. A hose-supporter comprisinga plurality of pads adapted tobe attached to the opposite sides of a corset in front and provided with means for fastening said pads together, one of said pads being provided with means for attachment to the eye and the other with means for attachment to the stud of acorset. a band attached to said pads adapted to eucircle the waist, and hose-su pporting tapes depending from said pads.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

ADOLPII H. COHN.

Witnesses:

CHAs. J. RATHJEN, WALTER A. PAULING. 

